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Indiana Jones Coming to a Toy Store Near You

My son’s friends have a clump of birthdays this month, so we went to Toys R Us for, well, toys.

The day before I had forgotten when my son bought a small Indiana Jones Lego set.

But, I did notice that the Indiana Jones Lego sets were on sale.

A come on, I suppose.

Plus a deliberate way to promote “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” which opens this Thursday…just in case you haven’t noticed any of the promotional efforts, which include, I noticed, French fry boxes at Burger King.

I thought we could buy the birthday boys the on sale Lego sets.

They could be the first in their neighborhoods to have them.

When I picked up one in the right price range, my son pointed out that it was the last one and he wanted it.

I told him I would buy it for his July birthday.

“But you told me you already have a present,” the young one with the good memory said.

I told him I was buying it for him anyway and that he would have to pick out other Indiana Jones Legos for his friends.

It ended up that only one of the three got the Indiana Jones merchandise I walked in to buy; the other two got gift cards.

And, I learned that one friend whom my son was sure did not like Legos does.

His father Ray told me so at his birthday party. Notice that I am not the only one who takes pictures.

My son has already decided he wants to be Indiana Jones for Halloween, complete with whip, which I would guess will be purchased at Disney World right outside the Indiana Jones auditorium the next time we go.